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Got an email from Tod Mesirow, the new executive producer of TLC’s Overhaulin’. Looks like he’s now accepting submissions for a new season of the reality show. And it looks like he’s not just going to limit the show to Southern California, as in previous seasons. Score one for the flyover states.

We’re looking for cars and people – cars with stories, people who deserve to have their car “Overhauled.”

And it might help to remind people that they’re not supposed to nominate themselves and their own car, as that might diminish the surprise element – we received one submission of this sort recently.

Chutzpah ain’t dead, it seems.

UPDATE: Okay, it seems many folks aren’t reading between the lines here – the producers are accepting submissions for the show through their own website, not via comments here. While we love hearing from you, we can’t help you out one bit with your project if you simply post in our comments.

Though as of late 2007, Tod told me he wasn’t accepting any more applications for the current season. He may accept more in the future, and if he does, we’ll mention it here on the Hemmings blog.

UPDATE (20.July 2009): We’re still getting comments on this post from people looking to have their car overhauled, so we should probably put this notice up in big, capital letters:

OVERHAULIN’ IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS. IF THAT CHANGES, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.